by Mike Purdy | Apr 22, 2018 | George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Mothers, Wives and Mistresses
There is no job description for First Lady, nor is there a job description for being a political spouse. Nevertheless, Barbara Bush navigated being in the public eye for more than 50 years as the wife of prominent politician and one-term president, George H.W. Bush...
by Mike Purdy | Feb 6, 2017 | Books, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Mothers
If we want to understand what made John F. Kennedy an admired and glamorous president – his innate sense of ease with people, his ready smile, his wit, his razor sharp intellect, his comfort with the media, and even his proclivities for frequent sexual encounters – we...
by Mike Purdy | Feb 13, 2013 | Mothers, Theodore Roosevelt, Wives and Mistresses
When Theodore Roosevelt was just 25 years old, a traumatic double tragedy struck his life, one from which he never fully recovered. It was February 14, 1884 – St. Valentine’s Day – and the fourth anniversary of Theodore’s engagement...
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